Telangana is set to increase its power generation capacity from 14,200 MW to 15,000 MW by March 2018 and to about 17,000 MW by the year-end. The capacity augmentation will come through the commissioning of 800 MW coal-fired thermal power plant at Kothagudam by March 2018.

GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd has signed a Supplementary Power Purchase Agreement with the Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd, for its project located at Tarn Taran in Punjab. This comes in the backdrop of GVK Power (Goindwal Sahib) Ltd, a subsidiary of GVK Power, receiving a letter of award for long term coal linkage for the power plant, which was earlier impacted due to lack of fuel.

Transmission infrastructure developer Sterlite Power on Monday said the company bought back a 28.4 per cent stake from Standard Chartered private equity (SCPE) in its transmission infrastructure business. With the Rs 1,010 crore worth transaction, Sterlite will now own 100 per cent stake in this business.

Rajasthan will start exporting 4,000-MW renewable energy (solar and wind) to other states within one year once an integrated power evacuation system is completed, a senior official said. Presently, a transmission line for 765-KV Bhadla-Bikaner grid sub-station (GSS) is being set in the state, which will be linked to the Green Corridor that connects Moga in Punjab to Banaskanta in Gujarat.

Digitisation has been at the forefront of power sector for the past decade in India. Evidently, the stakeholders in the electricity value chain have been investing considerably in the Internet of Things (IoT) to enhance efficiency.

By now, you might have turned a new page of the new calendar. After shedding the New Year hangover, it is time to recall what has happened over 2017, so we can lay a roadmap for what we have to do to light up people's lives in the New Year, mainly through 'quality 24x7 power for all' as the government has envisaged.

Renewable energy contributes over 22 per cent to India's installed power generation capacity. Although conventional fuels still dominate this segment, the share of renewable energy sources has been steadily increasing from about 8 per cent in 2009.